How to Watch Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo Sabres: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time – 2-29-2024

The Tampa Bay Lightning (32-24-5), losers of three straight home games, host the Buffalo Sabres (27-28-4) at Amalie Arena on Thursday at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+, BSSUN, and MSG-B.

Lightning vs. Sabres Game Info

• Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024
• Time: 7:00 PM ET
• TV: Bally Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Lightning and Sabres Stats, Key Players, and Injuries

Lightning Insights

• The Lightning’s 206 total goals (3.4 per game) rank sixth in the NHL.
• The Lightning rank 28th in goals against, giving up 207 total goals (3.4 per game) in NHL play.
• They have the league’s 17th-ranked goal differential at -1.
• The 53 power-play goals the Lightning have scored this season lead the NHL (on 183 power-play chances).
• The Lightning have the league’s second-best power-play conversion rate (28.96%).
• The Lightning have scored two shorthanded goals this season.
• The Lightning kill 80.7% of opponent power plays, the 13th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• The Lightning have the 10th-best faceoff win rate in the NHL, at 51.2%.
• The Lightning shoot 11.4% as a team (fourth in the league).
• The Lightning have shut out opponents three times this season. As a team, they are averaging 19.4 hits and 14.8 blocked shots per game.

Lightning Key Players

• A productive offensive player this season for Tampa Bay, Nikita Kucherov has put up 103 points.
• Brayden Point has 30 goals and 33 assists for Tampa Bay to compile 63 total points (one per game).
• With 59 points through 59 games (10 goals and 49 assists), Victor Hedman has been an important part of Tampa Bay’s offensive efforts this season.
• In the 35 games Andrei Vasilevskiy has played this season, his save percentage is .897, 45th in the league.

Lightning Injuries

Tanner Jeannot: Lower Body (Out), Haydn Fleury: Upper Body (Questionable), Mikhail Sergachev: Lower Body (Out)

Sabres Insights

• With 170 goals (2.9 per game), the Sabres have the league’s 21st-ranked offense.
• The Sabres’ total of 177 goals allowed (three per game) is 13th in the league.
• Their -7 goal differential is 21st in the league.
• The Sabres have 26 power-play goals (on 171 chances), 27th in the NHL.
• The Sabres score on 15.2% of their power plays, No. 27 in the NHL.
• The Sabres have four shorthanded goals (17th in league).
• At 79.12, the Sabres have the 18th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• At 46.2%, the Sabres have the league’s 30th-ranked faceoff win percentage.
• The Sabres’ 9.1% shooting percentage is 27th in the league.
• This season, the Sabres have shut out their opponents four times.

Sabres Key Players

• Casey Mittelstadt has scored 13 goals (0.2 per game) and collected 32 assists (0.5 per game), fueling the Buffalo offense with 45 total points (0.8 per game).
• Rasmus Dahlin has helped lead the attack for Buffalo this season with 14 goals and 30 assists.
• Alex Tuch has 39 points so far, including 16 goals and 23 assists.
• Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is 17-15-2 this season, compiling 869 saves and giving up 82 goals (2.5 goals against average) with a .914 save percentage (11th in the league).

Sabres Injuries

Victor Olofsson: Illness (Questionable), Jack Quinn: Lower Body (Out), Mattias Samuelsson: Upper Body (Out For Season)